Heddle



(No Model.)

L. KNEOHT.

HEDDLE.

No. 597,149. Patented Jan. 11,1898.

HTTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EETCE.

LOUIS KNEOIIT, OF PII'lLADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEDDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,149, dated January1 l, 1898.

Application filed February 13, 1897. Serial No. 623,234. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS KNEOHT, a citizen of the Republic ofSwitzerland, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in l-Ieddles,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an improved construction of a heddle which isprovided with a head secured to each end on opposite sides thereof,whereby it is possible to remove a heddle whenever desired withoutdisturbing the adjacent heddles, the invention being designed as animprovement on that for which a patent was granted to me on the 8th dayof September, A. D. 1896, No. 567,395.

It also consists of a novel construction of head for the heddles,whereby the latter can be put on the bar of the heddle-frame in oppositeposition, thereby arranging the heddles in two rows, by whicharrangement more room is gained for the warp to pass through and moreheddles can be placed in a given space on the cross-bar of theheddle-frame, which is a great advantage over heddles as heretoforeconstructed.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a series of heddles embodyingmy invention and a heddle-frame to which the same is ap-- sides B, whichare braced in any suitable man ner, the upper portion of each sidehaving therein a slot B, in which the upper cross-bar C is mounted,while the lower cross-bar D is mounted in the lower portion of the frameA and secured in position in any desired manner. A preferable method ofsupporting the bar 0 in the slot B is by the stay E, formed of anysuitable material, as steel, its upper end,F being turned over the upperbar C and bent downwardly, thereby forming a loop F, through whichpasses the bar 0, said ends F being engaged by the sleeves H, while thelower end G of said stay is turned around the lower bar D and engaged bya similar sleeve ll. Any other method of supporting and locating thesaid bar 0 in its slot may be used without departing from the spirit ofmy invention.

J designates the heddles employed,the same having the body J and theelongated eye K at about their central portion, the adjacent sides orwalls L of said eye being given an offset in opposite directions, aswill be understood from Figs. 4: and 5. The upper extremity M of eachheddle has attached thereto the head N, the same having a body portionN, which has a member P, the latter being attached to said upper portionand having the laterally-deflected member Q, which is provided with therecess R therein, which is adapted to engage the bar 0 when the partsare in'assembled position. In like manner the lower extremity S of eachheddlehas fas tened thereto on its opposite side the head T, the latterbeing provided with the body portion T, having the laterally-deflectedmember U, which is attached to the lower ex The operation is as follows:The heddles normally appear substantially as seen in Fig. 1, and if itis desired to obtain access to a heddle for the purpose of removing thesame it is only necessary to slip the sleeves H toward each other on thebody of the strip E until the same assume the position seen in Fig. 3,after which the bar G can be readily lowered and the desired heddleexpeditiously removed by springing the adjacent head of the heddle tothe desired extent until the upper and lower end of the desired heddlecan be removed from the bars 0 D, it being of course understood that theheddles, as well as their heads N T, are made of suitable flexible orresilient material.

The manner of mounting the heddles in position upon their respectivecross-bars will be understood from Fig. 1 it being noted that thelaterally-deflected portions Q V are in each instance arrangedstaggered, each being turned oppositely to the adjacent heddle, wherebythe body portions J of each heddle are arranged in two rows, as will beevident, the body of each heddle being offset from its neighbor.

It will be noted from the foregoing that an automatic regulation of theposition of the heddles is attained, since the heads thereof touch eachother when the heddles are assembled in operative position, so as toprevent turning around,tl1e heads in practice lying for a greaterportion of their length close to the body of the heddle and having theirfree extremities deflected slightly therefrom. By reason of thisarrangement of a plurality of rows in the the manner described more roomis gained for the Warp to pass through, and consequently more heddlescan be placed in a given space than heretofore.

It will be apparent that the heads may be attached to the heddles in anyconvenient or desired manner, and I do not therefore desire to belimited to any specific means for bold ing said heads in position.

It will of course be understood that although I have shown the heddlesseen in Fig. 1 separated in a peculiar manner for the purpose of clearlyillustrating the construction of the same in practice the heddles are inproximity to each other, the deflected free end of each head bearingagainst the body of an adjacent heddle, as already explained.

It will of course be evident that various changes may be made by thoseskilled in the art which will come within the scope of my invention, andI do not therefore desire to be limited in every instance to the exactconstruction I have herein shown and described.

Having thus described myinventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A heddle having at each of its ends a head consisting of a bodyportion with an attaching member and a laterally-deflected memberforming a recess to receive the crossbar of a heddle-frame, the saidheads being turned in opposite directions upon the body portion of theheddle, and having their free ends deflected so as to touch an adjacentheddle, whereby turning of the heddle on said bar is prevented.

2. The combination with the cross-bars of a heddle-frame, of a series ofheddles having eyes therein, and arranged on said cross-bars so thatwhen assembled two rows or series of eyes are formed each of saidheddles having secured at its ends a head consisting of a body portion,an attaching member, and a laterally-deflected member having a recessformed therein and adapted to receive the cross-bar of a heddle, andhaving their free ends deflected so as to contact with an adjacentheddle.

LOUIS KNECHT.

WVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM.

